Tag Archives: Golden Gate Park

On behalf of the Golden Gate Park Tennis Complex and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department we want to wish Program Coordinator, Lou Maunupau, and his High Performance Junior Tennis Team all the best of luck this weekend while they compete in a national junior tennis tournament in South … Continue reading →

Come join fellow fans of comedy at the 34th Annual Comedy Day in Golden Gate Park. Comedy Day is committed to providing five hours of free comedy in the park every year. This year is dedicated … Continue reading →

Designed by local artist Jim Growden, the gate triptych represents common themes of community gardening: pollinators, farming and native plants. Come celebrate the official opening with us on 11/5 at 10 AM!

Check out the first vertical garden on a Recreation and Park Dept. park. Actually it’s in the new Golden Gate Park Community Garden, located at Frederick/Arguello Sts. This 100’x8.5′ vertical garden contains 900 edible, native and ornamental plants planted in only one day! Thanks to the hardworking crew at Bauman … Continue reading →

Planting pouches are installed on north fence of the garden site. See it come to life with a mixture of native plants, edible plants, and ornamentals! Locally designed by the very hip Flora Grubb Gardens.

We’re getting ready for the first Garden Members’ Workday this Saturday! Garden plots are numbered, fresh soil piled, gopher barrier wire stocked for a productive event! Please note that this event is targeted only to garden members with assigned plots at the GGP CommUNITY Garden. An official public opening is … Continue reading →

The future home of the tool lending library was finally installed today! Thank you to RPD heavy equipment team for setting the shed in place. RPD carpenters will now begin to construct a trellis over it.

As some of you may have seen walking past the garden, construction is close to complete. The garden will combine demonstration gardens, programming and workshops, a native plant nursery and materials/tool distribution, etc. with a combination of individual and shared plots, all of which will provide an invaluable resource for … Continue reading →

More than 500 people came out to McLaren Lodge in Golden Gate Park on December 6 to celebrate the Recreation and Park Department’s 83rd Annual Holiday Tree Lighting, an event begun by longtime park superintendent “Uncle” John McLaren, who would light a mile-long stretch of trees on Fell Street, ending … Continue reading →

Best known for its world-class attractions – the de Young Museum, the California Academy of Sciences and the Conservatory of Flowers – the east end of Golden Gate Park is a great place to spend an afternoon even if you can’t afford any admission tickets. Rich in history and filled … Continue reading →